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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dupin's first initial?

2. What tool was the animal using when the man walked in on him?

3. What does Dupin hope the ad will do directly?

4. What is Dupin determined to do in the story?

5. At the time of the murder, where were both of the women?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way the sailor interacts with Dupin.

2. How does The Narrator describe the story that he tells?

3. What is the appeal of the case to Dupin?

4. Describe the relationship between Dupin and The Narrator.

5. How did the sailor obtain an orangutan?

6. What elements make "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" a Gothic story?

7. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

8. Describe the dead body that is found in the chimney.

9. Describe the setting for the murders.

10. Why did Edgar Allan Poe include an epigraph before the story begins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine the tone of the short story. Find three specific elements of the story that create this tone.

Essay Topic 2

How does Dupin solve the murders? What conclusions does he come to?

Essay Topic 3

How does Poe build suspense in the story? Find three specific examples and analyze them.

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